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dose
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dose
1. Med a specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent taken at any one time or at specified intervals
2. Physics the total energy of ionizing radiation absorbed by unit mass of material, esp of living tissue; usually measured in grays (SI unit) or rads
3. a small amount of syrup added to wine, esp sparkling wine, when the sediment is removed and the bottle is corked

dose [dōs]
(medicine)
The measure, expressed in number of roentgens, of a property of x-rays at a particular place; used in radiology.
(nucleonics)


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